Midget clowns are perfect for shooting out of cannons, so he was the cannon clown, however one day the cannon missed its target (the safety net) and he saw the dust on the circus tent floor (which is generally a dirt floor or covered in sawdust for a variety of reasons) before he landed and died.

Alright lemme give this a shot. He was a midget clown and needed to use a cane to walk because he was so short. The cane was made out of wood and termites were eating his cane, producing saw dust. His cane was shrinking and he thought it was because he was getting taller, so he killed himself, thinking that the circus wouldn't need him if he was no longer a midget.

the clown was shot from the cannon and he fell on the ground everybody thought he was dead (which he was not) so they went to bury him and he saw the soil (reffered to as dust) and died after he was burried